19-07-13, 12:51 AM
I agree with y'all. I am in no hurry to scrub the shiny bits off my tires (4 years riding, as stated) but I am always looking to improve on my ability, which is happening. The tyre works well beyond the chicken line though. I have 2 riding buddies, one with a Gixxer and the other with a Z750 and a BMW supermoto. One is a trackday nut the other is a riding instructor. Both or them have chewed up fronts and shredded rear tyres. Gixxer goes through about half a dozen rears a year. That bike is his transport though. The other rides for about 50+ hours a week. You should see that supermoto thing fly (past those guys with the 1000cc superbikes with big chicken strips :lol ). Those bikes get used, not to Mr Martin standards, but far more than I could manage.
Speaking of average speed, I use an app called runtastic. I measured one of my routes on a day out jolly, riding "enthusiastically" and still it read 50mph average over 156 miles. OK, traffic lights, traffic, roundabouts and junctions are in there too, but still. I don't think we should, or can, be comparing ourselves with the TT thoughÂ
. On coming traffic and all that.
Speaking of average speed, I use an app called runtastic. I measured one of my routes on a day out jolly, riding "enthusiastically" and still it read 50mph average over 156 miles. OK, traffic lights, traffic, roundabouts and junctions are in there too, but still. I don't think we should, or can, be comparing ourselves with the TT thoughÂ
. On coming traffic and all that.
Not quite sure what to do with my early mid-life crisis. Ideas on a post card to P.O.BOX 150...